Yo Ho, Yo Ho, A Pirate's Life For Me...a December 2012 TR

Welcome to my TR. Let me cover some of the basics first in case you haven't read my PTR. I am Amy, a 39 year old veterinarian. This trip was planned last minute (about 60 days out) and the dates were Dec. 9-14, 2012. We stayed at CBR in a pirate room. We being me, my mom, and my 4 (almost 5) year old son, Owen.

Our flight left Dayton at 11:16am. We arrived at the airport at 9:30am and quickly made it through security. We stopped at the coffee shop for some OJ and potato chips for Owen. He had already eaten a good breakfast before leaving home, I promise! We had a little time at the gate before we had to gate check our stroller and were able to check our carry-on luggage after attaching our DME tags to it.
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We loaded on the plane and were quickly pulling away from the gate. Owen was so excited to be flying again.
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We had an uneventful flight. The flight attendants were very playful that day. They had a prize available for the person with the oldest penny, they had Christmas trivia questions for the kids, and they had someone sing the Oscar Mayer song for a prize. It was enjoyable and helped pass the time.
We landed in Orlando a few minutes early, and quickly made our way to DME. We were shown to this line:
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We waited about 10 minutes for our bus, which was a cruise line bus. Owen was excited to watch everything that was going on outside.
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Then he just crashed.
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A few pictures on the way to CBR:
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And then we were there!
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TheMouseFan

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We were delivered to the Custom House.
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We quickly checked in using the online check-in line. Then made a stop at the concierge desk to have our park tickets added to our KTTW. We then proceeded to walk to our room. In hind sight, we should have allowed Bell Services to take us to our room, but we eventually made it and the scenery was nice. Some photos from our walk:
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TheMouseFan

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We finally made it to Trinidad South! We found our room, 3420. All of my room requests had been fulfilled. I asked to be in section 34 or 35 and in a corner room. They also put us on the first floor which was wonderful since we had the stroller and there are no elevators at CBR. Owen was ecstatic when he first saw the room. He knew we were staying in a pirate room and we had looked at pictures online, but it just wasn't the same as actually seeing it.
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The refrigerator was in here:
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This was the dresser:
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The curtain between the bathroom and the sleeping area:
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The bedspread:
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The carpet was made to look like wood:
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The wall in the shower:
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TheMouseFan

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The eating area of the room:
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After getting ourselves situated, we decided to walk back to Old Port Royale to give Owen some swimming time. Here are some pics I took on the way:
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TheMouseFan

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We arrived at our destination:
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We allowed Owen to play for about 30 minutes. He had a blast!
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Then we dried him off and headed in here:
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We got our mugs and a milk for Owen.
They had this cute poinsettia set up in the store:
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They also had their own Christmas tree:
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TheMouseFan

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We headed back to the room to drop off our mugs, then went to find the bus stop.
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We quickly caught a bus to:
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We had some time before our ADR, so we took in some of the decorations.
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We then had to check out the Lego store.
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I had to get this pic for my daughter as she absolutely loves the Lego Friends line:
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TheMouseFan

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Then we needed to head over for our ADR at:
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Sorry the pic is blurry. It certainly did not look that way on my camera!
The inside of this place is amazing!
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The food was good. My mom and I split the sampler that included onion rings, bruschetta, quesadillas, and spinach and cheese dip. Owen ate the chicken and shrimp combo. Sorry, no food pics this night!
I was able to convince Owen to allow me to take some pics of him on the way back to the bus stop.
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And one last photo on the way out:
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TheMouseFan

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YAY a TR!!! Looks like yoou guys are having a good time so far!!! :)
Thanks for reading! We had an incredible time! Owen so enjoyed being there without the other two. He had his moments where he was missing them, but it was nice for him to not have to wait while the other two rode rides he didn't want to. This trip truly was about doing exactly what he wanted!
 

TheMouseFan

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Awww great TR so far! Your son looks like he's having a great time so far. Can't wait to read more!
Thanks for reading! He had an excellent time (so did I)!
Great TR!
Thanks!
I'm in. We loved our stay at CBR.
Thanks for reading! I know CBR gets a bad rap on here, but we loved it. My husband and I also honeymooned at CBR in 1998 and loved it then too.
What an adorable little boy! Looking forward to your adventures, Amy!
Thank you so much. I know I'm biased, but I think he's pretty adorable too! (Well, most of the time!:p)
Love it. <3 I wanna go back so bad! Lol
Thanks! So do I!!
 

TheMouseFan

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More bus stop pics:
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We arrived at DHS. Hello, beautiful:
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Too bad I can hardly see you because it is so foggy, but you are a sight for sore eyes!!
Then our first sight of their Christmas tree:
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Then Owen thought the PhotoPass photographer was crazy when he had him posing:
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Then it was time to head in and make a beeline for Sounds Dangerous to get Owen signed up for the Jedi Training Academy.
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TheMouseFan

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Once that was taken care of, we relaxed and slowed the pace down. We headed toward TSMM to get FP and try to ride standby.
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Then we got distracted. These guys had no line!
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They made a big deal about Owen's birthday pin and danced for awhile.
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Then we headed to TSMM.
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We were able to get FP, but the standby line was down. Owen was not a happy camper! He decided he wanted to ride this instead:
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He enjoyed it and was in a much better mood!
 

TheMouseFan

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Then it was back to TSMM to check on standby. Yay! It was open and had a 20 min. wait, so we jumped in line.
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At this point, Owen decided he didn't want to have his picture taken and kept turning his back on me.
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Owen cheered up when we got to Mr. Potato Head.
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Owen had an incredible time and wanted to go again right away! It was hard for him to understand that we had to wait and come back to ride again later.
Next, I was on a mission. But we had to stop first for some PhotoPass pics.
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That was one of the few times I needed to wear my sunglasses on this trip! It was warm, but definitely not sunny for most of the trip.
Mission accomplished!
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Soooo yummy!
 

HouCuseChickie

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Love the pirate room at CBR! The pool also looks great as well!

Jealous! You got so many pics that would be awesome for holiday cards. I had to laugh a little though when Owen started turning his back on the camera. I have soooo been there!

Starring Rolls treats also look AWESOME! Just when I didn't think I wanted a snack ;)

Can't wait to read more!
 

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